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Solomon Islands — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Solomon Islands, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.36%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +11.1% since 2000
Health spending for Solomon Islands was 5.36% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 10.11% in 2002. The lowest was 3.86% in 2018 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.46% per year.
Solomon Islands ranks 120 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 5.94%, so Solomon Islands sits below it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 17%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.36%
First (2000)
4.83%
Change
+11.1%
Highest
10.11%
in 2002
Lowest
3.86%
in 2018
Average
5.76%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.46%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.36% |
| 2022 | 4.82% |
| 2021 | 4.95% |
| 2020 | 4.89% |
| 2019 | 4.44% |
| 2018 | 3.86% |
| 2017 | 4.17% |
| 2016 | 4.53% |
| 2015 | 4.45% |
| 2014 | 4.89% |
| 2013 | 4.58% |
| 2012 | 4.88% |
Reading this correctly. Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. Covers both public and private spending on health goods and services. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS — Health Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.